When Do You Start Your Christmas Shopping?

Each year, I say to myself, I'm going to start my Christmas shopping early! As much sense as it makes, I never do! Here are four reasons I may want to rethink that!

1. Shorter lines and less chaos. Instead of dealing with crowds, you just have to wrap your gifts . This is one way to make sure your stress levels aren't through the roof.

2. You'll probably give better gifts. Trying to find a perfect thing for everyone is a lot more doable when you shop early, because you can put more thought into it. By mid-December, you'll buy ANY half-decent gift just to check someone off your list.

3. Shopping early means money won't be as tight around the holidays. If you buy at least some stuff now, you won't have to drain your bank account to buy everything in December.

4. Avoiding holiday "deals" can actually SAVE you money. You might find a few crazy discounts on Black Friday or Cyber Monday. And if you enjoy that whole process, go for it. But the deals aren't always as good as people think.

Most of us can't pass up a deal! A lot of the stuff that goes on sale isn't stuff we actually need anyway! I'll be the first to admit, I make a lot of impulse purchases!